It is tempting to see Felim Egan as both composer and conductor, setting out his theme, writes James O’Nolan of the artist’s return to exhibition in Dublin
Felim Egan is back. Of course he was never really gone but he hasn’t shown in Dublin for a number of years, although he has been active elsewhere and now spends part of his time in Portugal. He has chosen a smaller venue, wisely I think, for his return, the Cross Gallery, Dublin and it is a return to form, diaphanous and beautiful, with all we have come to expect; wit, rigour and sonorous colour.
Mark Ewart visits the studio of Allihies-based artist Rachel Parry who transforms natural matter into mesmerizing art.
Kim Haughton’s portraits, on view now at the National Museum Collins Barracks, reflect on Ireland’s multi-layered society at the end of the first century of this nation state, writes Stephanie McBride
